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A crowd of angry villagers killed hundreds of protected crocodiles in the Indonesian province of West Papua, in what appears to be a retaliatory attack after one person was killed by one of the reptiles.
were unable to stop the massacre and may file charges against attackers, reports the BBC. Killing a protected species in Indonesia is a crime punishable by fine or imprisonment.
A local villager was reportedly killed early Friday as he was picking up vegetables at the premises of a crocodile breeding sanctuary. ", Said the head of the Indonesian Natural Resources Conservation Agency in West Papua, according to the BBC.
A crowd of several hundred locals went to the shrine with knives, shovels, hammers and weapons. clubs after the funeral of the villagers Saturday.
According to local media, the 292 crocodiles of the shrine were slaughtered. The site is a licensed operation that breeds protected saltwater and protected New Guinea crocodiles for conservation and harvest.
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